Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : a part epic Mahabharatham .
Spread in 18 chapters and 700 slokams and situated in Bhishma-Parvam of Mahabhagavatham, chapters 25 to 42.
The whole Gita is a conversation between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on various subjects, clearing all doubts.
We are all Arjunas and Lord is here as our Guru,
We must study this "Tattva-Sastram"and follow in our daily life.
We must realise Lord within us and not in temples only.

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Gita : Ch-12. Slo-5. Discussion-1.

Slokam - 5. (For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progrese in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.)

The original question at the commencement of this chapter was whether it was better to directly worship the Supreme Lord by bhakti or excluisve loving devotion or to worship the impersonal, unmanifest brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence.

The path to reaching the unmanifest brahman is covered with difficulties.

The word gati means the path or the way.

The path adopted by the worshipers of the unmanifest brahman is very difficult.

They must perform intense meditation, rigid restraint of the senses, compassion for all living entities, consistent purity in thought and actions, equanimity to the dualities such as censure and praise, joy and grief, pain and pleasure, etc; but to be successful it is essential that the grace of the Supreme Lord is bestowed.

But without the grace of His sakti or spiritual feminine potency who is known as Sri Lakshmi and is represented by the unmanifest the grace of the Supreme Lord can not be possible and propitiation to her alone without Him displeases her and bequeaths no chance for realising the Supreme Lord and likewise no opportunity for moksham
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This is true even if she is opulently worshipped.

The worship of the unmanifest brahman does not focus on a personal form of the Supreme Lord possessing qulaities and attributes and by whose grace is required to receive the grace of Sri Lakshmi who in turn blesses the aspirant and bestows perception of the infinite unmanifest.

This is why this path is so difficult.

Yet and still if someone, somehow or other are graced by Sri Lakshmi due to association with or service to one of the Supreme Lords devotees, then facilitation to realisation of the Supreme Lord would immediately take effect and this is the most conducive means to achieve this.

Thereafter those who exert effort in propitiating the unmanifest brahman will have the insight to properly propitiate the Supreme Lord as well and directly receive the desired result.

Slokam-13. ( I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. This is beginningless, and it is subordinate to Me. It is called Brahmam, the spirit, and it lies beyond the cause and effect of this material world.)

jneyam yat tat pravakshyami yatjnatvamrtamasnute,

anadimat param brahma na sat tannasaducyate.

jneyam yat = (which ) the one which is to be known ( knowledge ); yat jnatva = ( if ) that one is known ( knowing that knowledge ); amrtam asnute = results in gaining amrtatvm; tat pravakshyami = that I will tell ( teach ) you; anadimat param brahma = that is the beginningless Para-brahmam ( the Supreme abode ) ; tat sat na asat na = that either sat ( cause ) or asat ( effect ); ucyate = cannot be said ( called ).

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The use of the term innermost self to refer to the brahman does not create any contradiction bec…

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